Ranma CMO Post

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Stupid 90s aesthetic romance central.

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Healers lmao

[hououji]

I can only hope in a good way!

[fluidgender]

...yeah. In a good way.

[And Ranma's health continues to improve! She can't stay out of bed too long, but she's able to walk around with more stability. And very quickly, she tries to help out Fuu where she can.]

[hououji]

[ fuu is ecstatic to see her up and about! She doesn’t ask anything of Ranma, though, except what she might like to do with her time now. ]

[fluidgender]

There's people who need bandages replaced, right? I can help with that...

[hououji]

I mean… now that you’re healed. I’m happy to have you with me, but you can do anything you’d like.

[fluidgender]

You healed me. And protected me from inquisitors. I owe you a lot of debt.

[hououji]

I also destroyed your home.

[fluidgender]

Did you personally burn down the stone with your own hand?

Castle Saotome destroyed other homes. It was only fair that it receive what it dealt to others.

[There really was a clear switch in how she talked once she got healthier. Her casual drawl still slips in but… she’s speaking a lot more formally and refined.]

Any other noble family would have my head on a spike for what the Saotome house has done.

[hououji]

We’re not just any noble family. We’re the royal family. We need to rule with grace and compassion.

And the way I see it, a maid never hurt us. The battle… [ She clutches her chest a bit, as if it’s painful. ] It was unavoidable to prevent more people from losing their loved ones. But none of you could have stopped what the Saotomes did. They’d’ve killed you.

[fluidgender]

I could have killed them first.

[Casually, with certainty.]

If the Lord was dead, the castle would be too frazzled to launch a campaign. Lives would have been saved. I failed to do the responsible thing to do.

[hououji]

If the lord was dead, it would have fallen to his heir. From what I’ve heard… our defeat would have been inevitable.

[fluidgender]

[...that's true. The fall of the castle, the fate of Lord Genma... honor would demand certain things from the heir.

Unless...

Ranma kneels at Fuu's feet.]

Then I pledge myself to your service. I swear, to repay the kindness you have given me and the damage the Saotome house has committed, to protect and serve you until my dying breath.

[hououji]

[ Fuu falls back a step, stunned. ] T-that kind of thing isn’t necessary… You should get to live the kind of life you want…

[fluidgender]

There is no other place I would rather be.

[Which maybe indicates, no matter how much Ranma has been trying to hide it, the truth that…

There’s no other place for her out there.]

[hououji]

[ Fuu kneels to gently take Ranma’s face in her hands. ] The world is a wide place. You don’t have to serve in it. You can do anything you’d like.

[fluidgender]

[Ahhh…

Her regal demeanor kind of breaks a little, fighting off a blush by this personal a touch.]

…I’ve served bad houses. I… wanna serve a good one.

[hououji]

You still shouldn’t promise your entire life to me. I don’t want that… I don’t want to be like those awful houses.

[fluidgender]

…even so…

That’s why I wanna serve ya… because you aren’t like that.

[hououji]

[ She sighs softly. And then, still very gently holding Ranma’s face, kisses her forehead. ]

Then… if this is really what you want… I accept your offer.

[fluidgender]

[She accepts it with honor and grace, although not without some nerves.

This... this is the best way to atone... isn't it?]

Thank you... Fuu.

[...oh she supposes. She hadn't really thought through the actual job. And a maid with knight training is suspicious. Uh.]

I... if you don't have any normal openings, I could be... a poison taste tester?

[They always need one of those, right?]

[hououji]

Absolutely not! I’m not sacrificing someone else to make sure I’m not poisoned!

[fluidgender]

You aren't sacrificing- its a safe precaution...

[hououji]

And if someone eats something poisoned they’ll die in my place! Absolutely not.

[fluidgender]

[That doesn't make sense... its almost like she's saying they don't have a poison tester at all... Ranma can't understand that.]

I'm not sure what other value I could be to you...

[hououji]

There are so many things you can do without putting your life in danger! Is that the kind of thing the Saotomes made you do?